Tuesday 4 July 2023

Extract from NASA's site 27.VI.2023


Extract from table:

  Voyager 1 Voyager 2
One-Way Light Time 22:07:10* (hh:mm:ss) 18:25:52(hh:mm:ss)


"One-Way Light Time" was clickable by Java script, and gives this information:

One-Way Light Time

The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.

Note: Because Earth moves around the Sun faster than Voyager 1 or Voyager 2 is traveling from Earth, the one-way light time between Earth and each spacecraft actually decreases at certain times of the year.


This is the furthest away accurate distance measure I am aware of, independent of Heliocentric assumptions.

And since 22:07:10 is less than 24:00:00, the distance where I tend to place the fix stars is not yet proven empty of them./HGL

Here is the link to their site, by the way:
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

PPS - Happy Fourth!

* 45 y 9 m 21 days after take-off.

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